Published in:
31-05-2022 | Concise Research Report
Association of Sex and Ethnoracial Identities with Attrition from Medical School
Authors:
Mytien Nguyen, MS, Jeremiah Cross, MD, Sarwat I. Chaudhry, MD, Dervin Cunningham, MD, Mayur M. Desai, MD, Hyacinth R. C. Mason, PhD, Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA, MHS
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 14/2022
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Excerpt
Although sex and ethnoracial diversity in the health profession is associated with improved healthcare access and quality, physician diversity has remained stagnant compared to the diverse US population. While Black males account for 6.4% of the population, they make up less than 3.0% of all physicians.
1 Although the number of female and ethnoracial underrepresented students enrolled in medical schools has increased since the implementation of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education diversity standards,
2 their retention remains unknown. To fill this knowledge gap, we examined the retention of medical students across intersectional sex and ethnoracial identity using a national cohort of medical students. Understanding the retention of diverse students from matriculation to medical school graduation is essential to promote healthcare workforce diversity. …
